14 But the uncircumcised [a]man-child, in whose flesh the foreskin is not circumcised, even that person shall be cut off from his people, because he hath broken my covenant.

15 ¶ Afterward God said unto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but [b]Sarah shall be her name.

16 And I will bless her, and will also give thee a son of her, yea, I will bless her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:14 Albeit women were not circumcised, yet were they partakers of God’s promise: for under the mankind all was consecrated, and here is declared, that whosoever contemneth the sign, despiseth also the promise.
  2. Genesis 17:15 Or, dame, or princess.

14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised(A) in the flesh, will be cut off from his people;(B) he has broken my covenant.(C)

15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai(D) your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.(E) 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.(F) I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;(G) kings of peoples will come from her.”

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